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It might as well be Harry Potter's invisible Knight Bus, because no one can prove it exists.
The bus has been repeatedly cited by True the Vote, a national group focused on voter fraud. Catherine Engelbrecht, the group's leader, told a gathering in July about buses carrying dozens of voters showing up at polling places during the recent Wisconsin recall election.
"Magically, all of them needed to register and vote at the same time," Ms. Engelbrecht said. "Do you think maybe they registered falsely under false pretenses? Probably so."
Weeks later, another True the Vote representative told a meeting of conservative women about a bus seen at a San Diego polling place in 2010 offloading people "who did not appear to be from this country."
Officials in both San Diego and Wisconsin said they had no evidence that the buses were real. "It's so stealthy that no one is ever able to get a picture and no one is able to get a license plate," said Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Wisconsin agency that oversees elections. In some versions the bus is from an Indian reservation; in others it is full of voters from Chicago or Detroit. "Pick your minority group," he said.
The buses are part of the election fraud gospel according to True the Vote, which is mobilizing a small army of volunteers to combat what it sees as a force out to subvert elections. Ms. Engelbrecht's July speech in Montana was titled "Voter Fraud: The Plot to Undermine American Democracy."
True the Vote's plan is to scrutinize the validity of voter registration rolls and voters who appear at the polls. Among those in their cross hairs: noncitizens who are registered to vote, those without proper identification, others who may be registered twice, and dead people. In Ohio and Indiana, True the Vote recently filed lawsuits to force officials to clean up voter rolls.
Efforts to tighten voter requirements have become a major issue in the presidential election. Over the last few years, many states have passed voter identification laws, and many of those are being challenged in court.
Now, a network of conservative groups is waging an aggressive campaign on the ground. In a report this month, the liberal-leaning organizations Common Cause and Demos cited True the Vote as the central player in this effort, which it called a threat to the fundamental right to vote.
"It is not about party or politics; it is about principle," Ms. Engelbrecht said.
While she portrays True the Vote as nonpartisan, it grew out of a Tea Party group, King Street Patriots, that she founded in Texas. An examination shows that it has worked closely with a variety of well-financed organizations, many unabashed in their desire to defeat President Obama.
A polished and provocative video, circulating among Tea Party activists, seeks to raise a "cavalry" to march on swing states and identifies True the Vote as a participant in the effort, called Code Red USA.
In the past year, Americans for Prosperity, an organization founded by the billionaire Koch brothers, and other Republican-leaning independent groups have sponsored meetings featuring Ms. Engelbrecht and other True the Vote speakers. A spokesman for Americans for Prosperity said that the group had hosted events including True the Vote speakers but that election integrity was not a focus of his group.
Election integrity has become a focus for other activists, including James E. O'Keefe III, a video producer known for his undercover stings of the now defunct community organizing group Acorn. He recently aimed his camera on North Carolina voters in what turned out to be a botched attempt to show that foreigners had registered.
Voter registration has occupied a contentious corner of American history for decades. The perception that voting is ripe for fraud stems in part from the condition of voter rolls in many jurisdictions. The Pew Center on the States issued a report in February finding that more than 1.8 million dead people remained on voter rolls and that about 2.8 million people were registered in more than one state. Another 12 million registrations contained flawed addresses, it said.
Even so, there have been few cases of widespread fraud, according to the Justice Department. A bipartisan commission in 2005 found little evidence of extensive fraud, even while recommending the use of voter identification.
While there have been some recent criminal cases involving local elections, the Justice Department said in a statement that the record has not shown that significant "voter impersonation fraud — the type of fraud that many states claim their voter ID laws are aimed to prevent — actually exists."
But Ms. Engelbrecht said, "Anyone who tells you that election integrity efforts are a solution looking for a problem is way misinformed."
True the Vote is now using proprietary software to accelerate the process of challenging voter registrations. It says its databases will ultimately contain all voter rolls in the country. Using computers, volunteers can check those rolls against driver's license records, property records and other databases, turning the process into an assembly line production.
But when True the Vote vetted petition signatures in Wisconsin's recall election, the state's Government Accountability Board reported that the process was "at best flawed." The group raised questions about thousands of signatures that the board deemed valid.
Roots of a Cause
Ms. Engelbrecht, who at 42 is younger than most of the Tea Party members she addresses around the country, said that until four years ago she was apolitical, a churchgoing mother of two who ran a successful oil field machinery business with her husband in Fort Bend County, Tex.
"Then in 2008, I don't know, something clicked," she said. "I saw our country headed in a direction that, for whatever reason — it didn't hit me until 2008 — this really threatens the future of our children."
The epiphany prompted Ms. Engelbrecht to work as a poll watcher in the 2009 local elections along with others in the King Street Patriots, the Tea Party group she founded. It was supposed to be a one-day assignment, but it crystallized the concerns of Ms. Engelbrecht and her fellow volunteers, who said they saw shenanigans including outright fraud. The group felt duty bound to continue its activities.
In Houston, the group targeted the Congressional district represented by Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat who is black. Ms. Engelbrecht said the group settled on Ms. Lee's district because thousands of addresses there housed six or more registered voters, which it took as an indication of inaccurate registrations. The methodology, which the group still uses, could disproportionately affect lower income families.
Volunteers spent five months analyzing 3,800 registrations in Ms. Lee's district, discovering more than 500 voters that the group said were problematic. More than 200 voters were registered at vacant lots, prompting Ms. Engelbrecht to later remark that those voters had a "Lord of the Rings Middle Earth sort of thing going on."
The reality was far less interesting.
"They had one particular case I remember very well," said Douglas Ray, the Harris County assistant attorney who represents the election registrar. "They had identified an address where eight or 10 people were registered to vote. There was no building there." Mr. Ray found out that the building had been torn down and that the people simply moved.
As a result of the organization's work in 2010, 400 to 500 voters were put on "suspense," forcing them to provide additional information verifying their addresses. By the fall 2010 election, volunteers again appeared to focus on minority neighborhoods, this time as election observers, Mr. Ray said.
"The first day of early voting, at many of the 37 locations, primarily in minority neighborhoods, dozens of poll watchers showed up sent by King Street Patriots," Mr. Ray said.
The influx of white election observers in black neighborhoods caused friction with voters and poll workers, bringing back memories of a time when racial intimidation at the polls was commonplace in the South, said Gerald M. Birnberg, a lawyer and former chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party. True the Vote has strongly denied that it has engaged in voter suppression.
"Whether that was the intention or just born of some innate paranoia is largely irrelevant," Mr. Birnberg said. "That's how it was perceived by people at the polls."
Working in Wisconsin
The boiling political caldron of Wisconsin was the next stop for True the Vote. It teamed up with two Tea Party organizations to review nearly one million signatures on petitions demanding the recall of Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican. The partnership called itself Verify the Recall.
"We have been hearing reports of duplicate signatures, questionable practices and downright fraud in the gubernatorial recall effort," Verify the Recall said in a pitch to volunteers. "The integrity of Wisconsin's elections and associated processes are at stake; free and honest elections — the cornerstone of our political process — are being threatened."
True the Vote began working in Wisconsin in 2011, the same year it received a $35,000 grant from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, which is based in Wisconsin and is a major backer of conservative causes, including Americans for Prosperity. The foundation's president and chief executive, Michael Grebe, was Mr. Walker's campaign chairman for his 2010 campaign and for the recall election, which he won.
Mr. Grebe said in an interview that the grant was for activities unrelated to the recall. He said the donation was ultimately returned because it was given on the premise that True the Vote would be granted tax-exempt status by the I.R.S., which Ms. Engelbrecht said has not happened despite several attempts.
Ms. Engelbrecht has said her goal was not to stop the recall election, which had been backed by labor unions, but to prove to those behind it "that unions cannot strong-arm America." She said thousands of volunteers helped enter petition signatures into a database, which was then analyzed by the group's software. Of the one million signatures, True the Vote said 63,038 were ineligible, 212,628 required further investigation and 584,489 were valid.
The accountability board concluded that about 900,000 signatures were valid and, in a memorandum reviewing True the Vote's work, criticized its methods.
For example: Mary Lee Smith signed her name Mary L. Smith and was deemed ineligible by the group.
Signatures deemed "out of state" included 13 from Milwaukee and three from Madison.
The group's software would not recognize abbreviations, so Wisconsin addresses like Stevens Point were flagged if "Pt." was used on the petition.
Signatures were struck for lack of a ZIP code.
While the board commended the group for encouraging "a strong level of civic engagement," it found that True the Vote's results "were significantly less accurate, complete and reliable than the review and analysis completed by the G.A.B."
On Election Day, poll watchers appeared to have slowed voting to a crawl at Lawrence University in Appleton, where some students were attempting to register and vote on the same day.
Charlene Peterson, the city clerk in Appleton, said three election observers, including one from True the Vote, were so disruptive that she gave them two warnings.
"They were making challenges of certain kinds and just kind of in physical contact with some of the poll workers, leaning over them, checking and looking," said John Lepinski, a poll watcher and former Democratic Party chairman for Outagamie County.
He said that as a result of the scrutiny, the line to register moved slowly. Finally, he said, some students gave up and left.
Ms. Engelbrecht said the True the Vote observer at Lawrence University believed that students were being permitted to register and vote without proper identification.
In Racine, conservative poll watchers also alleged fraud, including a claim that a busload of union members from Michigan had come to Wisconsin to vote illegally. The Racine County Sheriff's Department determined that the accusation had been based on an anonymous call to a radio station.
"There is no evidence this bus convoy existed or ever arrived in Racine County," the Sheriff's Office said.
As for the buses her organization saw in Wisconsin, Ms. Engelbrecht could not provide details. "It was reported to us that this had occurred," she said. "I know these sightings were also being reported on the radio."
The Code Red Cavalry
Driving down the Interstate in Florida, you may see an R.V. wrapped with a picture of Abraham Lincoln.
These eye-catching vehicles are mobile command centers for registering and energizing voters. They are part of a citizen effort to "defeat Obama, hold the House and win the Senate in November," Fred Solomon, a retired Alabama businessman, said in an e-mail to fellow Tea Party supporters.
Mr. Solomon is a coordinator for Code Red USA, the plan to flood swing states with conservative volunteers. "Partnering with True the Vote, a nonprofit, nonpartisan watchdog group, we will train and put election observers in polling places in the swing states to reduce voter fraud," Mr. Solomon said in his e-mail.
Code Red USA is financed by the Madison Project, a political action committee whose chairman is former Representative Jim Ryun, a Kansas Republican who was regarded as among the most conservative members of Congress. The provocative video promoting Code Red accuses Democrats of "a clear intent to commit massive voter fraud."
Despite Mr. Solomon's e-mail and the video, which identifies True the Vote as a participant, Ms. Engelbrecht said her group has no role in the effort.
Nevertheless, Mr. Solomon and many other conservative activists have followed Ms. Engelbrecht's lead.
Mr. Solomon said he was a volunteer poll watcher in Wisconsin and is concerned that voter fraud is rampant around the country. "We just don't understand why dead people are voting," he said.
Finding that someone voted in the name of a dead person is the holy grail of the voter integrity movement, said Jay DeLancy, a retired Air Force officer in North Carolina who embraced the cause after attending a True the Vote meeting last year. Mr. DeLancy, who runs the Voter Integrity Project of North Carolina, said the group recently submitted the names of 30,000 people who he said were dead yet remained on voter rolls in the state.
Earlier this year, he challenged more than 500 registered voters who he said were not American citizens. After reviewing the challenges, election officials refuted most of them, but confirmed that three were noncitizens who had registered improperly. One had voted.
Mr. DeLancy said he was convinced that the elections agency overlooked many noncitizen voters.
"They want me to look stupid and to look like I'm wasting taxpayer money," Mr. DeLancy said.
He said he split from True the Vote partly because the group raised concerns about focusing on immigrants. "They're not wanting to be branded some kind of anti-immigrant activist group," Mr. DeLancy said.
Mr. DeLancy said he made challenges after comparing voting rolls with citizenship information in jury duty records.
The strategy was used by Mr. O'Keefe, who is known for undercover video stings. Shortly after the North Carolina primary in May, Mr. O'Keefe posted a video aimed at proving noncitizens were registered to vote.
A narrator says: "William Romero is registered to vote in North Carolina. Here is a copy of his voter registration form, where it says he was born in Colombia, South America. He is not, however, a United States citizen."
The video cuts to a young man, dressed in green lederhosen, walking into Mr. Romero's polling place and giving Mr. Romero's name and address. When he is asked to sign his name certifying that he is William Romero, the man, whose right hand was bandaged, says he is unable to sign and leaves.
The video later shows what appears to be the same man in green lederhosen impersonating a registered voter named Zbigniew Gorzkowski.
Not only were Mr. Romero and Mr. Gorzkowski citizens, but the State Board of Elections concluded that Mr. O'Keefe's operatives may have broken several laws, and turned over evidence to prosecutors. "Further, the videos made false or unfounded allegations that only hurt the elections process," North Carolina election officials said in a report.
Mr. O'Keefe, who did not respond to requests for an interview, is on probation for unlawfully entering a federal building in New Orleans in an aborted sting targeting Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana.
Mr. Romero could not be reached for comment. Mr. Gorzkowski, a naturalized United States citizen who operates a deli in North Carolina, said the video was extremely embarrassing, especially after a Polish newspaper ran an article suggesting that he was at the center of a voting scandal in the United States.
'Never Had Any Problem'
Late last month, Ms. Engelbrecht was in Columbus, Ohio, for a True the Vote workshop. About 90 people signed up for the event at a suburban Holiday Inn, where they listened to speeches and discussed how to challenge questionable voters, including 51,000 "nonexistent" people in just one county that True the Vote's Ohio volunteers say are registered to vote.
During the meeting, Anita MonCrief, True the Vote's senior adviser, unleashed her vitriol at what she said was a coalition of voter registration groups, accusing them of "doing voter fraud since at least the early '90s," she said.
"And these groups target minority areas. Why? Because it's so much easier to go work in those areas where they say people have been forgotten or they don't have a voice. Then, when anybody pays a little bit of attention to the fact that there's a high level of fraud coming out of the African-American communities, they say: 'Oh, you're a racist. You don't want black people to vote,' " said Ms. MonCrief, who is black. "Vote fraud deniers is what I call them."
After the event, the volunteers, known as the Ohio Voter Integrity Project, submitted challenges of 380 registered voters in Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati. One of the voters, Teresa Sharp, received a notice from her local Board of Elections stating that her family's right to vote had been challenged and ordering her to attend a hearing on Sept. 10.
"I've always voted," said Ms. Sharp, who had even been a poll worker. "Never had any problem."
At the hearing, she said she asked, "Why are you all harassing me?" She said she believed it was because "either they don't want Obama in there or the fact that I'm black."
Amy Searcy, the director of the Hamilton County Board of Elections, said there was no discernible racial pattern in the challenges. Of the 380 challenges, about 35 voters will have to prove that their addresses are current if they appear at the polls. A vast majority of the objections were thrown out.
In the case of Ms. Sharp, a representative of the Ohio Voter Integrity Project withdrew the challenge and apologized to the family.


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Pro Football Talk says this is the 2011 email from Saints assistant Mike Cerullo to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello that caused the NFL to reopen its bounty investigation. (It's part of Jonathan Vilma's most recent legal filing.) This email. Three exclamation points and capitalization that looks out of place in any American document that isn't a Federalist paper. "Jepodizes." And the promised big fish is Joe Vitt. How this thing didn't end up in a spam folder, we'll never know.

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Despite being one of the largest salt-water lakes in Asia, Namtso is still relatively an unknown name to most people. But from this unknown lake comes one of the rarest Buddhist artisan salts that are good in combating and protecting us from negative chi and also helps generate wealth luck.
Namtso Lake is more popularly known as the 'Heavenly Lake' and is considered as the third holiest lake in Tibet. It is also the largest salt-water lake in Tibet.
Before China invaded Tibet, Namtso Lake is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites; inspite of it's relatively being inaccessible. The famous Tashi Dor monastery is located at the southeastern corner of the lake. Now it has simply become a tourist spot because the Chinese government has disallowed that it be considered a pilgrimage and holy site.
I've never been to Namtso Lake, but according to my Guru Lama, Namtso Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes one can ever see. Its water is turquoise in color giving it a look of an ocean. It is believed that Namtso Lake has been an apparition site of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, namely, Avalokitesvara (Kuan Yin in her original form), White Dzambhala, Medicine Buddha. Furthermore, it is said the Guru Rinpoche himself has declared the lake to be holy.
There is no clear history as to when it started but Namtso Lake being a holy salt-water lake, gave rise to one of the most powerful salt in combatting negative energy and helping to enhance wealth luck.
Namtso Salt is a whole round chunk of salt as big as a small baby's head. It is usually process in a clay pot and is considered as one of the purest salt. Placing the Namtso salt in a room will protect the room from negative chi. It is extremely advisable for one to use Namtso Salt if one doesn't know whether a Feng Shui of the room is good or bad. Furthermore, a Namtso Salt that has been blessed by a monk can drive away evil spirits.
Aside from driving away evil spirits and protecting us from negative chi, Namtso Salt placed on the center table of the living room and on the dining table acts as a very potent wealth enhancer. According to my Guru Lama, he personally witnessed this when a 2nd generation Tibetan refugee migrated to Singapore to seek for greener pastures. However, after 2 years of staying in Singapore he was unable to improve his life and has not been able to send a single centavo to his family in India. Worst, he is not even able to send letters because he was so poor that he doesn't have money for postage and of course, emails is out of the question. Out of frustration, he seeks out the help of a monk who happens to be a student of my Guru Lama. This particular young monk then brought his story to the attention of my Guru Lama. My Guru Lama then decided to do a special puja for him, but since he has a small chunk of Namtso Salt with him, he decided to bless it and gave it to the Tibetan refugee. His luck then has since has a great turn around, it has been 10 years since it happened, and he has now went back home to India where he now has his won business. He got his capital in Singapore and has largely recognized that his luck started to change for good after he received the Namtso Salt.
Making the Namtso Salt is a very tedious process, and takes months before one is finally available.
First, Buddhist monks usually gathered fallen woods from the forest. They will the soak the woods in the Namtso Lake for 6 months. After 6 months, they will then chop the woods into smaller chunks and dry them out under the sun. The process usually takes up to 5 days. Then they will slowly burn the said wood, once the wood is burnt into ashes they will then put more Namtso Lake salt water and put it into clay pots. That's when they'll cook the salt. The salt is cooked once the clay pots broke.
To my knowledge, there is only one other place who do a similar artisan salt this way, and that's here in the Philippines. Bohol also has a similar process, but unlike the Namtso Salt the one in Bohol is made for cooking.
In using the Namtso Salt as a protection against negative energy or to drive away evil spirits, it's advisable to place one whole Namtso Salt in each room of the house or in the room where the evil spirit dwells. If you're confined in a hospital, it's also good to bring one whole Namtso Salt and place it in your hospital room.
Breaking a Namtso Salt into smaller pieces can also act as protection amulet. Again it will drive away evil spirits and protect us from negative energy. It is recommended when carried on as an amulet, place a small chunk (about the size of a tablespoon) in a red cloth and carry it with you. Carrying when going to the yin places like cemeteries, hospitals, etc. will also protect us from the yin energy of the place. These small chunks will also act as a micro wealth luck enhancer.
As mentioned, to use the Namtso Salt as wealth enhancer, one can place it on the dining table and on the center table of the living room.
Placing a whole Namtso Salt on the front door will repel all negative energies, and putting them inside the toilet, will help alleviate the negative energies cause by having a toilet in that section of the house.
Taking a Namtso Salt bath is also the most effective salt bath. One you can do is get a small chunk about a size of a tablespoon and put it in the tub.
China's invasion of Tibet has made the making of the Namtso Salt even more difficult. It was already extremely difficult to make a batch of Namtso Salt before but it was even harder now, so much so that per batch of Namtso Salts are only made every 10 to 15 years. Furthermore, this is usually smuggled out of Tibet because the Chinese government in an effort to stop Buddhism has also made it illegal to make and export Namtso Salts out of Tibet.
A very limited number of Namtso Salts is being made available for the readers of this blog thru the kindness of my Guru Lama. Proceeds of the sale of the said Namtso Salts are to be given to either for the food of the Buddhist monks or to Tibetan refugees. However, because of the bulkiness of the Namtso Salts, there will only be limited areas or countries that can receive them. Also, for shipments we might have to do it by bulk.
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These are really cute. No wonder you can't have enough of these. My son will be thrilled if I make these edible angry birds for him...I just hope that I have the time to do this. I can see that this is an extreme dedicated job!
hahaa...these are real cute! I thought they are the soft toys at first. So pretty!
I agree with Ann - they look like soft toys and your sculpting is really accurate - the angry birds and pigs look SO real!
And hehe your story is adorable too! Love that the little penguins saved the day :D
@ Zoe: Yes, the Angry birds are so cute, irresistible to make even more now. You should try to make for your son's birthday.
@ Ann: Haha...soft toy? Actually I used up 1 whole day just to do this icing figures. Fun if only do one set.
@ Janine: Thanks, dear. Actually there are some crack too on some of the figures. It's indeed tough to make as detail as it is. Story, haha..just dont want the "war" continues in reality!
I have always love the pigs....
@ Rachel: Which specific green pig that you fond of?
im addicted to angry birds, i really like this post. :)
Cute, my boys love angry birds too. Thanks for sharing at bacon time. Hope you will join our linky each week.
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@ Mindie Hilton : Thank you. Indeed im enjoying the linky.
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Dinner Tonight: Flank Steak Panini with Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onions Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
Steak sandwiches are a lot trickier to execute than it might initially seem. Though a great steak often needs little more than a nice sear and some salt and pepper, when you stuff that steak between two slices of bread, something strange happens. The meat often ends up both bland and tough, which is puzzling. In Simple Italian Snacks, Jason Denton and Kathryn Kellinger get past this by cooking a flank steak until medium-rare, then slicing it thinly against the grain. It also helps that it's topped with an herby goat cheese and caramelized onions. This sandwich has flavor to spare.
Of course, if you're making a panini it certainly helps to have a panini press, but there are other options if you want those perfect charred lines. I placed the sandwich on my grill pan then set a heavy iron skillet on top. Just make sure the skillet is balanced on top, so it doesn't fall off and on to your toe. Sure, it's slightly hazardous, but look at those lines!
- Yield:4 people
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
- 8 ounces fresh goat cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
- 1 ½ pounds flank steak
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 sweet onions, cut into ½-inch slices
- ⅓ cup balsamic vinegar
- 8 slices crusty bread, (ciabatta works)
Combine goat cheese, mint, basil, and thyme in a medium-sized bowl. Stir together with a fork and set aside.
Season both sides of flank steak with salt and pepper. Preheat a 10-inch cast iron pan over medium-high heat. Add one tablespoon of canola oil. When oil starts to smoke, add the flank steak. Cook until well browned on one side, three to four minutes, and then flip. Cook until browned on that side, three to four minutes, and then transfer to a cutting board and let it rest.
Reduce heat to medium and add the rest of the oil and the onions. Stir well until onions are coated in oil, about one minute. Then season with about ¼ teaspoon of salt and pour in the balsamic vinegar. Cook over medium heat until onions are soft and caramelized, about 20 minutes. Turn off heat, and transfer onions to a bowl.
Thinly slice the flank steak against the grain.
Lay out the eight slices of bread. Smear a little goat cheese on one side of each. Divide the meat between four slices of bread, and season with salt and pepper. Spoon a tablespoon or two of the caramelized onions on the steak. Top each with the remaining four slices of bread, making sure the goat cheese spread faces down.
Preheat a panini press to medium. Place the sandwich in and cook until sandwiches are well browned, about four minutes. Also, you could preheat a grill pan to medium. Places the sandwiches on top, and weigh them down with a heavy iron skillet. Cook them until well browned, about three minutes a side.
Slice the sandwiches in half and serve.


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Maine Legislature returns for special session to work on bonds, psych hospital funding
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Maine lawmakers will be back in Augusta to work on a state borrowing package and a proposal to create a mental health wing at the Maine State Prison.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature is returning for a special session Thursday to vote on the $149.5 million bond package for roads and education. The proposal was hammered out by Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic leaders and is expected to get the two-thirds majority approval for passage.
Lawmakers will also consider legislation to create a prison mental health wing. LePage is backing the bill as a way to help the Riverview Psychiatric Center which is in danger of losing $20 million in federal funding due to overcrowding and understaffing.
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Tata Steel's UK plant to cut 400 jobs
London: Tata Steel is to cut an estimated 400 jobs at its plant in the UK as part of the company's restructuring process and to increase competitiveness amid sluggish demand.
Chief executive Karl Koehler said the changes at the Port Talbot plant in Wales were vital if Tata Steel, the world's 12th largest steelmaker, was to remain competitive.
The proposed changes are aimed at enabling the UK Strip Products business to compete in Europe's lower market demand era by reducing costs.
"These proposed changes are vital if we are to build a competitive future for our Strip Products business in the UK. We will, of course, engage fully with employees, trade unions and our political stakeholders during this restructuring process. And we will do everything we can to support our employees through this unsettling time," Koehler said.
He added, "We have invested more than 250 million pounds over the last two years in state-of-the-art steelmaking technology in the Strip Products business. In addition, we are currently investing in our Hot Strip Mill in Port Talbot and we have upgraded our galvanising line in Llanwern enabling us to increase production of high-value automotive steels.
"These investments have created a stronger, more efficient and more reliable platform from which we can meet the needs of our customers, with an improved range and quality of products and services. But steel demand and prices are likely to be under pressure for some years.
"Our business rates in the UK are much higher than other EU countries' and our UK energy costs will remain uncompetitive until new mitigation measures come into effect."
Roy Rickhuss, chair of the UK trade unions' steel committee made up of the Community, Unite and GMB unions, expressed concern over the news.
"We recognise the company has been dealing with a long-term downturn in European steel markets for more than five years. However we have also expressed our own concerns about possible under-manning within Strip Products and in Port Talbot in particular.
"Therefore, it is vital that this is not just an exercise to reduce costs by cutting jobs but takes a considered and objective view as to the numbers required to run and maintain the plant to make steel safely and productively," he said.
Hridayeshwar Jha, director of Strip Products UK, added "This business has achieved some notable technical and engineering successes in recent years. We have introduced new high-value products for customers and we have proved we can produce reliably".
"But we need to improve our competitiveness and flexibility in a tough marketplace to help us further develop a sustainable steel industry in Wales. Today's proposals include a review of all our activities in manufacturing, engineering, technical and the support functions. We will be striving to achieve any redundancies voluntarily."
A consultation process, which will take over 45 days, will begin soon with affected employees and their representatives. --- PTI


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If you're like me then you're still climaxing from the new "Season of the Witch" poster we talked about yesterday. Well get ready to reload because here's a new trailer for the Nic Cage flick. God I pray you're nothing like me, it's sad sad existence.
Great news for all you sickos who love looking at young Asian girls dressed up in school uniforms. "Battle Royale" looks to be finally making it's way to US theaters and in 3D no less. It's been ten years since the film warmed it's way into the hearts of deviants and it's about time that it was presented to the "hole in the bottom of the popcorn" crowd.
Courtney Ford will be joining the cast of next season's "True Blood". Ford will play a southern bell who owns her own law firm and I assume she'll end up screwing someone and turning into the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Darren Lynn Bousman, the guy who's currently working on the "Mothers Day" remake is also working on a new film called "11-11-11". The film focuses on a bunch of people who have guardian angels and the rest of the plot confuses me and the fact that it's all based on a date on the calender already annoyed me. Oh and it'll be released on December 21st, 2012. I kid!
The director of "Ultraviolet" has been tapped to write and direct the remake of "Total Recall". The film will not go back to the original source material, Phillip K. Dick's novel "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale", but will rather be a direct remake of the film.
So I'm sitting here, wondering to myself, how you call this a remake of "Scream" when in the announcement you discuss getting original actors back in their original roles. Isn't that just... you know... a sequel?
I can't possibly be the only one who's a tad uncomfortable by Elizabeth Shue's giant muscles from this paprazzi pic on the set of "Piranha 3d", could I?
The lovely Courtney Ford, who should be familiar to you from the highly recommended scifi romp "Alien Raiders", has just joined Season 4 of the hit Showtime series "Dexter". She will play "a reporter who crosses paths with our favorite forensics expert/serial killer, Dexter Morgan".
Reports are coming in that the first trailer for "The Final Destination" will be landing in some theaters this Friday. So keep your eyes peeled when you go back to see "Drag Me To Hell" for the fourth time, k?


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Vick won't practice Wednesday after bruising his ribs and the soft tissue surrounding it during Philadelphia's win at New England on Monday.
The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback hasn't been ruled out of Friday night's preseason game at Cleveland, though it's unlikely he will play.
The Eagles play the Browns again in Week 1 on Sept. 9.
Vick has missed three games because of rib injuries in each of the past two seasons. Nick Foles will start on Friday if Vick can't play.
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Audiences are assured a terrific show, with performers from across the globe. Who knows, you might discover the next Streisand or Bublé, or spot a star across the room. Michael Feinstein, Ann Hampton Callaway, Anita Gillette, Steve Brookstein, Marilyn Maye, Billy Stritch, Rowan Atkinson, Steve Ross, Amanda McBroom and many more have already discovered the excitement of the evening, either attending or performing, or both.
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Geometry has nothing to do with it. It's all about finding perfection and perfection can't be found in something so rigid as geometry. You have to go elsewhere for that, in between the lines.(1)
— Agnes Martin
Agnes Martin's now familiar paintings of pencil grids and subtle bands of color are the culmination of a personal search for artistic identity that led her from traditional still lifes and portraits to landscape paintings of the New Mexican desert through variations on Abstract Expressionism. Martin's austere, variously spaced graphite lines grew out of a pressing need to express what she calls "the most simple, powerful things."(2) The term "simple" has more than casual meaning for Martin, who has maintained a career-long interest in Asian philosophy, particularly Taoism and Zen Buddhism.(3) "Simplicity," she has said, "is never simple. It's the hardest thing to achieve, from the standpoint of the East. I'm not sure the West understands simplicity."(4) For Martin, her quiet gestures and numinous colors are a distillation of the intuitive "beauty" and "perfection" inherent in nature and the mind.
Martin's breakthrough came in the mid-1960s with a series of simple pencil grids ruled directly onto gessoed canvases, of which the Modern Art Museum's Leaf, 1965, is a classic example. Leaf consists of a six-by-six-foot primed canvas, the surface of which is divided with 255 horizontal and 71 vertical pencil lines, creating a geometric web of small rectangular spaces. Related to two other works of the same year entitled Tree,(5) Leaf is a metaphoric expression of the factual "innocence" of a natural phenomenon. Her engagement with the grid form came with her thought of a tree. "When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision."(6)
Possessing what might seem to be a rigid and detached symbolism, Martin's grids are acutely sensitive to their source, forming a natural irregularity that is the visual substance of nature. Although Martin uses a ruler to apply delicate lines of graphite on her canvases, the resulting image avoids the hard-edge clarity of many geometric paintings. Graphite gently dragged across the weave of the canvas offers a gentle and sensuous irregularity. . . . Martin describes this experience in the following manner: "My formats are square, but the grids never are absolutely square, they are rectangles a little bit off the square, making a sort of contradiction, a dissonance, though I didn't set out to do it that way. When I cover the square surface with rectangles, it lightens the weight of the square, destroys its power."(7)
Throughout the 1970s Martin began opening up her grids, emphasizing the intervals between the lines, creating different sensations of space and atmosphere through color and tonal variations. The Modern Art Museum's Untitled, 1977, plays a poignant role in this evolution. Made of generously spaced, horizontal graphite lines laid down over a murky mixture of gesso and India ink, Untitled speaks of the muscular light of a gray day and what the artist has described as "the beautiful grayness of light."(8)
During the 1980s and 1990s, color and light again took center stage in Martin's canvases, creating images that bring to mind words she has used throughout her nearly half-century career: "happiness," "solitude," and "perfection." Reducing her canvas size from a six-foot to a five-foot square so that she can maneuver it more easily, Martin is concluding her life work with an image that is subtly more intimate and yet powerfully expansive. Untitled XVI, 1996, is made of alternating six-inch bands of powder blue and light yellow. Painting on a short, sky-lit wall that can only accommodate one painting at a time in her small studio in Taos, Martin prefers to paint in the mornings when, as she describes it, "light and space, like the mind, are brighter and clearer and not as polluted with information."(9)
—Michael Auping
(1) The artist in conversation with the author, 14 September 1988
(2) The artist in conversation with the author, 16 May 1997.
(3) Looking for an alternative to existentialism, many Americans embraced Taoism and Zen in the 1950s. The writings and lectures of D. T. Suzuki at Columbia University between 1940 and 1951 were an important source of inspiration. Among some of the artists in New York who attended those lectures were the musicians John Cage and Morton Feldman, and the painters Philip Guston and Mark Rothko. Martin's interest in Asian philosophy precedes the interest of many New York intellectuals.
(4) Conversation with the author, 16 May 1997.
(5) In the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
(6) Suzan Campbell, "Interview with Agnes Martin," May 15, 1989, transcript, Archives of American Art, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: 10–11.
(7) Agnes Martin, quoted in Lucy Lippard, "Homage to the Square," Art in America 4 (New York) (July–August 1967): 55.
(8) Conversation with the author, 14 August 1998.
(9) Conversation with the author, 16 May 1997.


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It seems that we are all a member of at least one group; most of us are a member of many. Although our membership within some of these groups is probably involuntary (e.g., family), we go out of our way to join other groups. We join book clubs, bowling leagues, congregations, and tag-football teams, just to name a few. Some of us even go so far as to join extremist groups such as terrorist cells or violent political movements. What draws us to seek membership within these varied groups? Why are we willing to sacrifice our own time, energy, and resources for the sake of the groups to which we belong ?
Hogg, Hohman, and Rivera (2008) examined these questions from a social-psychological perspective by contrasting three motivational accounts for group membership. These explanations originate from work on the sociometer model, terror management theory, and uncertainty-identity theory. The sociometer model argues that people have a need to be belong, and that self-esteem acts as a meter of successful group belonging. Greater feelings of inclusion within groups should equate to higher levels of self-esteem according to this model. Terror management theory argues that people are motivated to reduce fear of their own death, and that groups provide consensual belief-confirmation that drives their members to belong. It is comforting to share our world views with like-minded others and to hear them share similar views because it provides us with a sense of meaningful existence. Uncertainty-identity theory argues that people have a basic need to reduce uncertainty about themselves and their place in the world, and that group identification can reduce such uncertainty. Group membership may reduce this uncertainty through its associated norms that prescribe attitudes, feelings, and behaviors for us.
Hogg et al. (2008) conclude that the sociometer model, terror-management theory, and uncertainty-identity theory each play a role in explaining why people join groups. Yet, they argue that uncertainty-identity theory might provide an especially powerful explanation because of its wide generality to all groups and group contexts. What do you think ? Do these explanations account for why you joined the groups that you are a part of, or does some other framework better explain your reasons for group membership ?


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The second-largest wine-producing state in America, after California (way after California, with an annual output of around 27 million gallons, compared with California's 635 million), New York is also the site of the country's first bonded winery (Pleasant Valley Wine Company in Hammondsport, in the Finger Lakes) and its oldest continuously operated one, Brotherhood Winery in the Hudson Valley, which has been in business for almost 350 years. Though there are other noteworthy wineries in the Hudson Valley, for most of the 20th century, the Finger Lakes region, in the west-central part of the state, was New York's best-known wine country. Because European wine grapes, Vitis vinifera, were difficult to grow in its harsh climate, French-American hybrids were widely planted, and the region's best-known wines were based on varieties like baco noir, marechal foch, seyval blanc, vidal blanc, and vignoles. A transplanted Ukrainian viticulturist, Dr. Konstantin Frank, was able to successfully cultivate vinifera varieties, though is efforts remained controversial. In the early 1970s, though, wineries began to open in the more hospitable climate of eastern Long Island, and today there are more than 40 producers on both the North and South Fork (with the majority on the former), growing cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, and many other grapes.


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The global automated breast ultrasound system market will exceed USD 2 billion by 2024 as growing awareness through various programs and favorable government initiatives fuel this industry growth. Automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) market is slated to exceed USD 950 million by 2024, growing at more than 20% CAGR.
ABVS holds benefits such as high reproducibility of images, reduced scan time, delivery of coronal view 3D images with high sensitivity. It also provides high resolution imaging with innovative applications such as fatty tissue imaging and elasticity imaging. Automated breast ultrasound system (ABUS) held more than 45% of industry share in 2015, growing product penetration owing to its improved diagnostic capabilities will stimulate industry demand. Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) is set to witness a robust 21% CAGR, with the ability to detect small tumors quickly in conjunction with breast imaging will maintain segment growth.
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NSW must expand the coal seam gas industry if it is to head off surging household gas prices, new Energy and Resources Minister Anthony Roberts has warned.
His advice comes as demonstrators have sought to prevent Santos from developing its Pilliga gas reserves in the state's north-west and as another gas explorer in the north-east has been warned that local communities have been trained so they can engage in ''non-violent direct action''.
On Monday the state's leading gas retailers applied to the pricing regulator, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, to raise prices by as much as 20.3 per cent from July.
The rises apply to those households on regulated tariffs, and not the market-based offers put forward by several retailers.
AGL wants a 20.3 per cent rise from July, while also signalling prices would rise by a further 5.5 per cent mid next year.
Even if the federal government succeeds in removing the carbon price, the gas price would still rise by 14.7 per cent from the middle of this year and by a further 10.7 per cent in the middle of next, AGL said.
The rises could increase the average household gas bill for AGL customers from about $901 a year to $1033 in 2014-15 and as much as $1136 in 2015-16.
AGL, the largest gas retailer in the state, blamed the surge in wholesale prices on the start-up of gas export projects in Queensland and the difficulty of sourcing gas from Bass Strait due to pipeline constraints.
Mr Roberts said the price rises would add $3 to $4 to a weekly gas bill.
He said the increases could be attributed to the carbon tax and pressures on the domestic gas market, and that growth of the coal seam gas industry in NSW was the key to resolving the state's energy supply problems.
''The importance of growing the natural gas industry in NSW is fundamental to this state's future economic viability but also driving the prices of gas down where we can through increase of supply,'' Mr Roberts said. Half of the proposed increase could be ''directly related to the carbon tax'', he said. The second part was due to an increase in wholesale prices.
NSW produced only 5 per cent of its gas needs, Mr Roberts said, forcing it to import the rest from other states.
Opposition Leader John Robertson said the O'Farrell government had promised to drive down cost of living prices, but would oversee increases of $150 to $200 in annual gas bills.
He said the government's promotion of coal seam gas mining during a time of drought was ''appalling''.
The government was prepared to compromise the quality of aquifers without understanding the science of coal seam gas, Mr Robertson said.
''It just shows this government is out of touch with the needs of households and completely out of touch with the difficulties our farmers are facing right now.''
NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said it was ''incredibly disappointing that the new minister is now spouting the coal seam gas industry's propaganda''.
Australia was the only country that did not have a domestic reservation policy for its gas supply to ensure that the bulk of the supply was not exported, he said.
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Elevated Liver Enzymes
A year ago at Jake's annual checkup a senior panel was done and his Alk Phos level was elevated at 360. We had follow up 3 and 4 month follow up testing and it was unchanged. No other values were elevated at that time. We had our annual checkup last week and the results of his liver enzyme panel were not good. This time not only was the alk phos elevated to 662 but his ast and alt levels were also elevated, 289 and 687 respectfully. Obviously this was very disheartening as he is clinically asymptomatic. He shows no signs of any problems associated with these results. I immediately got on the internet and started reading to understand more about the potential for liver disease and found your foundation website. I wanted to tap into your experience and knowledge and hopefully get some feedback from you. We have an appointment Monday for xrays. My concern is this is the first time other enzyme levels have been elevated and could this be a fluke or testing error!! I found a round table discussion on this and it suggested repeating the test in 2 to 3 weeks to substantiate the results. I need to have this discussion with my vet and will do so Monday. Another concern is what I am feeding Jake. About six months ago I put him on a raw food diet (Primal). I tried to find info to see if this could be potentiating a liver problem. The only supplements he is on are kelp and a probiotic. I did have him on milk thistle when the initial alk phos level was elevated but only did this for two months. He has been on other nutritional supplements for skin and coat but I stopped those. I forgot he is also on organic coconut oil. There is a local health food store that specializes in dog nutrition and I have been following some of their recommendations for maximizing Jake's health. Other than this Jake has had occasional ear , skin, and pad issues but for the most part had remained in good health. I might also add we exercise regularly, walking twice a day weather permitting. Needless to say I am quite concerned and any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I am considering requesting a consult to see an internal vet specialist. I have some other questions about further testing such as serum bile acid. I might also add that I am in medicine myself and knowing what I know about the human element heightens questions and poses trust issues in the care and treatment of Jake!!! I have had some unpleasant vet experiences and just changed vets so at this point my confidence level is being tested and it scares me… Thanks for listening and I look forward to hearing from you.
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Three late spring races at famed First State track draw NASCAR notables for first of two 2009 race weekends.
Dover International Speedway's Monster Mile hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Dover 400, NASCAR Nationwide Series 'Heluva Good! 200' and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 'AAA Insurance 200' events for May 29-31, 2009.
The First State's 40-year-old one-mile concrete oval has treated race fans, up to 135,000 per event, to exciting racing from the biggest names in the sport.
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Last year's late spring race winners were Kyle Busch, who took the checkered flag at the Best Buy 400, benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks, finishing ahead of Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon; Denny Hamlin, who won the Heluva Good! 200, besting Edwards, David Stremme, David Reutimann and Biffle; and rookie Scott Speed, taking the Camping World Series' AAA Insurance 200, over Jack Sprague, Ron Hornaday, Travis Kvapil and Matt Crafton.
Racing returns to Dover with Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World races Sept. 25-27, as part of the season-ending 'Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.' For more information, or tickets -- available for individual races or in a three-day package -- visit DoverSpeedway.com.
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Larry Keith, champion for minority medical students, dies at 58
Larry Keith, a pioneer in recruiting minority students into the health professions, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 from cancer. He was 58.
Keith was assistant dean of admissions, associate director of Office of Educational Development and director of special programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
After graduating UNC in 1985 with a master's degree in anatomy, Keith joined the School of Medicine as associate director of the Medical Education Development Program. Since 1992 he served as the program's director. MED offers coursework and support services to prepare minority and disadvantaged students for medical and dental school; 88 percent of the more than 2,000 students who have participated in the MED summer program have decided to apply to health profession schools. Of those, 90 percent gained admission, with 80 percent entering medical or dental school and the remainder entering other health profession schools.
"The MED program at UNC has become a national model and has been emulated by other institutions because Larry selflessly shared his wealth of knowledge and experience so that other schools can assist even greater numbers of minority and disadvantaged students," said Dr. William L. Roper, dean of UNC's School of Medicine, chief executive officer of the UNC Health Care System and UNC's vice chancellor for Health Affairs. "We will greatly miss our good friend and colleague, but his presence will be felt for many generations to come."
"Larry's contributions are best reflected in the hundreds of talented individuals, primarily underrepresented and disadvantaged minorities, who have succeeded in the medical and other health care professions due in large part to his belief in their value and importance, his hard work in preparing them for the future and opening doors on their behalf, and his unwavering dedication and devotion to them throughout their education and beyond," said Dr. Etta Pisano, associate dean of academic affairs at UNC's School of Medicine. "Larry created and nurtured a community within the medical school that has given previously disadvantaged students an equal chance to succeed as health professionals, and his influence will be felt for decades."
Holden Thorp, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said, "Larry Keith had a lasting influence on every student he mentored. And in the process of supporting young minority medical and dental students, he made this University a better, more inclusive place."
In October 2006, while he was on medical leave, Keith was awarded a C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award from UNC for "unusual, meritorious or superior contributions" to the University. In an article about his award, Keith told the University Gazette that he was determined to return to the work he loved.
"This is a process that I'm going through, but I'm looking to come back," Keith told the university newspaper. About the award, and having a scholarship fund created in his name, Keith said, "I was just doing my job, but the outpouring of support I've gotten since I've been sick has made me feel so wonderful. It made me feel people noticed what I was doing."
Keith did return to work, and was actively involved in the School of Medicine and the Office of Special Programs until his death.
"Larry Keith is a hero to people who care about opening the medical professions to everyone who is qualified regardless of background or economic status," said Karen Stone, assistant dean for medical education at UNC. "For 20 years he ran a program that gave thousands of mostly minority students an opportunity to prove to themselves and others that they could be successful in medical or dental school. In the process, he showed the rest of medical and dental education professionals how to run a pipeline program, and he has a national reputation to prove it."
In 1998, Keith became director of the Research Apprenticeship Program, linking minority or disadvantaged high school students with faculty mentors who help them gain competence in laboratory research and explore biomedical careers. Under his leadership, more students participated in and successfully completed the program than in the preceding 19 years.
Keith was an active member and held offices in the National Association of Minority Medical Educators and in the Minority Affairs Section of the Association of American Medical Colleges. He was called upon frequently to review grant applications for the Health Careers Opportunity Program and the Centers of Excellence Program of the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Keith was born in 1951 and was reared in Raleigh with his brother and two sisters by their mother, a single parent whom Keith credited as his role model.
Keith earned a scholarship to N.C. A&T State University and graduated in 1975 with a bachelor of science in biology. As a senior at N.C. A&T Keith tutored freshmen and football players in biology, botany and microbiology. After graduation he taught for three years in the Caroline County Schools in Bowling Green, Va. He graduated with a master's in biology from Virginia State University in 1976 and began recruiting high school students and supervising health career majors at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, N.C., until he entered UNC as a master's student.
During his career at UNC Keith received the Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, the Merit Award from the Black Faculty Caucus and many awards from the Student National Medical Association.
He is survived by his wife, Wilma Spann Keith, and their adult children, Channte Keith and Quinton Keith. He was a member of the St. Paul AME Church in Raleigh.
There will be a viewing at the Lea Funeral Home (2500 Poole Road, Raleigh, NC 27610 - tel. 919-231-1000) on Sunday, Feb. 21, from 12-9pm.
There also will be a viewing at the St. Paul AME Church (402 West Edenton Rd., Raleigh, NC 27603 - tel. 919-832-2709) from 11-12 on Monday, Feb. 22. The funeral service will follow at the church beginning at noon.
The Larry D. Keith Loyalty Fund Scholarship was established in honor of Keith in 2006. Those wishing to make a donation in his memory may do so using the following address and/or online giving page:
The Medical Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.
880 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 966-1201


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Kurt Nimmo
June 16, 2010
Democrats and liberals are petrified by the primary win by Sharron Angle in Nevada. She threatens to unseat the current Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, and upset the Democrat balance in the Senate and because of this she must be demonized as a dangerous gun nut who advocates violent revolution.
|Sharron Angle.
Greg Sargent of the CIA's favorite newspaper, the Washington Post, warned that Angle is calling for violent revolution. "In an interview she gave to a right-wing talk show host, Angle approvingly quoted Thomas Jefferson saying it's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years — and said that if Congress keeps it up, people may find themselves resorting to 'Second Amendment remedies,'" Sargent wrote.
"You know, our Founding Fathers, they put that Second Amendment in there for a good reason and that was for the people to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. And in fact Thomas Jefferson said it's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years," Angle told radio host Lars Larson. "I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around? I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out."
"The most charitable interpretation here was that Angle was floating armed insurrection," opines Sargent.
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Democrats and liberals continually avoid the fact the United States was established by a revolution in armed — and, yes, violent — opposition to tyranny. "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness," states the Declaration of Independence.
A recent poll reveals 72 percent of voters disapprove of the job Congress is doing. The number hasn't been that high since the week before the 1994 election. Obama's weekly approval rating is at an all-time low, according to the Gallup Poll, and it is especially low among those 65 or older, those who are married, and those who attend church every week — in other words, the demographic "progressives" characterize as rightwing nut cases, bible-thumpers and Tea Party supporters.
Justin Elliott, writing for TPM, added an element of hysteria to the growing anti-Angle jihad:
For at least six years in the 1990s before she held state-level elective office, Angle was a member of the little-known Independent American Party, a right-wing party that combines elements of Ron Paul's doctrinaire libertarianism — pro-gun, anti-tax, anti-bureaucracy, pro-states' rights — with Christian social conservatism and fear of the "North American Union" and other forms of "global government."
The Independent American Party is a threat to not only the Democrats but Republicans as well. The party was founded in 1967 by former Republican activist Daniel M. Hansen, who believed the GOP was growing "too corrupt and socialistic," a fact beared out by the fact both Democrats and Republicans have increased the size of government and increased the national debt owed to the bankers.
"Don't give up your guns, folks," Hansen told a crowd. "That's all we've got to protect us against the advance of socialism. America is in a survival phase."
Constitutionalists continually place emphasis on using the electoral process to take the United States back to the days when it was a republic, but this aspect is almost completely ignored by the government and the corporate media. Chris Matthews, for instance, insists the Tea Party movement consists primarily of nativist neanderthals, racists, and gun nuts bent on violence.
The patriot movement is increasingly faced with calls by so-called liberals to grant Obama dictatorial power that violate the Constitution. For instance, MSNBC's Ed Schultz has called for Obama to become a dictator in response to the BP disaster. "Don't you think this is a moment where President Obama has to make sure that he lets everybody know that he's calling the shots, and almost in words of maybe a dictator, that this is the way we're going to do it?" said Schultz. "It's OK tonight to act kind of like a dictator and call the shots saying this is the way it's going to be."
Schultz said the country can no longer afford the Constitution. Obama has to put a boot on the neck of those Schultz and the Democrats consider enemies. He made this statement in regard to BP but the mere suggestion of dealing with corporations and people in this way reveals an intolerance for all who would oppose Obama and the federal government.
Is it any wonder patriots are talking about taking back the government by the last resort means of revolution when Democrats and liberals are urging Obama to become a dictator?
Hopefully, so-called Tea Party candidates will realize a big win in November and during the presidential election in 2012. Short of that, other less palatable options may become necessary in order to save the country from tyranny.
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Softball Drops A Pair of Heartbreakers at UT Martin
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tigers came up short in both games at UT Martin on Saturday in Ohio Valley Conference play. Tennessee State fell behind after an early lead, only to fight back before falling 6-5 on a rarely often seen play in game one. In the night cap, it took 11 innings to decide the winner, but the Skyhawks walked away with a 4-3 victory.
UT Martin improves to 19-16-1, 7-3 in OVC play. With the two heartbreakers, TSU drops to 14-25, 2-9 in conference.
The Tigers outhit UTM in the opening game of the day, 10-6. Ashley Haynes led the way with a 4-for-4 performance, including a clutch RBI single in the seventh. Haynes was one of seven Tigers to record a hit off Skyhawks pitching.
TSU opened the scoring in the first as Lindsey Burgess, who reached on an error and stole second base, crossed home plate on a ground out off the bat of Jayna Hanawahine. Haynes provided the second run of the game in the second inning, as she scored on an infield single by Kiarra Freeman to make the score 2-0.
The lead was short-lived, as UTM received a 3-run home run by Taylor Manning in the bottom of the second making the score 3-2. The Skyhawks would add to their lead with a run in the fifth, increasing their lead to 4-2.
TSU came charging back in the sixth with four hits, a walk and a sacrifice fly. Kate Morris led off the inning with a double, but was thrown out at home trying to score on a single by Haynes, who took second on the throw home. Rebekka Gross drove a ball into right field for a hit and moved to second as the ball got behind the fielder. Haynes was off on the crack of the bat and never broke stride to score easily and cutting the UTM lead to one.
After a walk to Freeman and a bunt single by Tayler Shimizu, Liz Stansberry hit a fly ball deep enough into centerfield, giving Gross enough time to scamper home to tie the game at 4-4.
UTM bounced back in their half of the inning with a two-out solo home run off starting pitcher Hannah St. Clair. The freshman pitcher would face one more batter before exiting the game. St. Clair scattered five hits and a walk as she was charged with five earned runs. Shea Morris would enter and strike out the lone batter she faced in the sixth.
Hanawahine gave TSU a runner in scoring position with a one-out double down the left field line. The sophomore advanced to third on a Kate Morris ground out and setting up the clutch at bat by Haynes. After falling behind 0-2, the Knoxville native delivered her fourth hit of the game into left field to plate Hanawahine and tie the game at 5-5.
The hard fought comeback went for not, as UTM put together a two-out rally. One out away from heading to extra innings, Shea Morris plunked Kayla Wade with a pitch giving UTM a base runner in the form of their leading base stealer. Wade wasted no time swiping second base and was able to move to third as the throw from Gross hit the runner and bounced into left center.
The Tigers intentionally walked the three-hole hitter Kenzi Tate to put runners on the corners. But before the Tigers could face another batter, Gross' return throw to Morris sailed over the pitchers head allowing Wade to race home to score the game-ending run.
TSU would run into another heartbreaker in game two proved to be a pitcher's duel that would need four extra innings to play. Courtney Gearlds charged home on a wild pitch in the third inning for an early 1-0 lead. Gearlds had reached on her first hit of the day and moved to second on a Shimizu walk and to third on a Stansberry sacrifice bunt.
The Tigers tried to add another run in the inning, but Shimizu was caught coming home on a failed squeeze attempt.
Shea Morris would not surrender a hit until the fourth inning and gave up her first run in the fifth. With two outs and runners on the corners, UTM attempted a double steal. The runner on first stopped half way to second trying to draw a throw. Gross would make the throw to Burgess covering second, which gave the Skyhawks runner on third a chance to score to tie the game at 1-1.
The score would stand until the 10th inning as the Tigers pushed a run across in the first inning of the international tiebreaker. Hanawahine, the final out of the ninth inning, was placed on second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Kate Morris. Haynes followed with a ground ball to third, catching Hanawahine off base. The sophomore would get into a run down and scored on an errant throw. UT Martin evened the score with a run in the bottom of the inning to force the 11th.
Gross was placed on second and advanced to third on a Gearlds ground out. Shimizu would pick up the RBI as she ripped a single up the middle to plate Gross. Stansberry followed with a line drive single into center moving Shimizu to second, but the two were stranded on base.
With one out and Wade on third, the Skyhawks attempted a squeeze bunt. Shea Morris fielded and threw the ball home ahead of the runner to Gross. The Tigers thought they had eliminated the threat, but the home plate umpire ruled Wade had managed to sneak in to home through freshman catcher.
The Skyhawks would collect just their sixth hit of the game off Shea Morris with two outs, which allowed Wilson to reach home just before the relay throw home.
Morris suffered the loss in both games and drops to 8-10. The junior gave up six hits in 11.2 innings on the day, along with five runs, two earned, four walks and five strikeouts.
Brooke Kennedy pitched 2.1 innings on the day and earned the wins in both games, improving to 3-1. Kennedy replaced Casey Vincent who tossed 10.1 innings surrendering four hits and four walks, while striking out 14.
The Tigers conclude the road trip with a 12:00pm double header on Sunday versus Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. The games can be heard on tsutigers.com.


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The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library is hosting two NCBI classes in the coming week. Peter Cooper from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) will be presenting BLAST and Genomes Updates. Peter will present these two sessions via Adobe Connect. Please join us in the Eccles Health Sciences Education Building, Room 3100B. There is no fee to attend, but please register.
Class: BLAST: The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
Date: Friday, July 15, 2011
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Place: HSEB 3100 B
Description: The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between protein or nucleotide sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence in a database and calculates the statistical significance of the matches. This class provides an introduction to BLAST and then describes the practical application of different BLAST program.
Class: Genomes Updates
Date: Monday, July 18, 2011
Time: 11:00 a.m.-Noon
Place: HSEB 3100 B
Description: Contains sequence and map data from the whole genomes of over 1000 organisms. The genomes represent both completely sequenced organisms and those for which sequencing is in progress.
For more information contact Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744


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To Garden Or Not To Garden
Meowllo evewypawdy. Hope yous all duin' gweat. You know how meez always complainin' dat mommy furgets to make sure we mention and link up to blog hops we purrticipate in? Well…her went nd talked me into joinin' up wiff this bloggin' A to Z next mumff. Fwum what we can make of it yous gotta post Monday fwu Caturday and each day is a new letter of da alphabet. Guess da one good fing is dat ifin weez not do evewyfin' weez posed to they'll take us off da list. Meez gotta tell ya' we only follow a couple hunnewed blogs and we have twubble getting' to all of you evewyday. Weez not know how they're gunna get wound to da ovew 1000 bloggies dat be signed up. Whew, meez just glad it's not us.
Meez not fink mommy wuld get any sleep next mumff ifin it wuz. Me knows we fur sure wuldn't get any stwoller time. And well…dat just can't happen. It's posed to be nice and sunny so me plans on makin' mommy take Lexi and me boff fur a foo stwolls. Speakin' of da good wedder yous all know we got a new neighbor this past summer duwin' da whole flood fiasco. Well she wuz outside today diggin' up da gwound to plant. Well let me tell ya' a little stowry. It stawted a long time ago when mommy and sis Lexi furst moved down to this pawt of Oklahoma. Mommy wuz much yunger then and kuld do lots mowe than hers can now a days. And she 'cided to gwo a gawden. Da wedder stawted getting' nice and all da stowes wuz carryin' all their plants and seedlings and evewypawdy wuz buyin' and plantin'. So mommy got out hers seeds and went to diggin' and plantin'. She planted corn and beans and watermelon, and taters, and tomatoes, and lots of herbs and flowers. She watered and tended hers little seeds evewyday.
And afur she knew it they wuz spwoutin' up outta da gwound. Just when they got big nuff to be called "tender plants", 'bout da end of Apwil, da bootyful sunny warm wedder changed. And overnight there came a fureeze and killed off all da little plants mommy had planted along wiff all da ones evewypawdy else planted. Da next week when it warmed up again mommy saw all those same peeps weplantin' all da plants they just lost. Da nex year mommy watched all those peeps buyin' seedlin''gs again and plantin' 'em up in Apwil just liked da year afur, and just like da year afur there came a cold snap what killed all those plants again. Evewy year this happens and evewy year all da locals plant and then have to weplant. Mommy sez evewy year she wishes dat ifin they just wanna fwo away munny they wuld fwo it ow way. MOL So da new neighbor, hoo by da way has lived here most of hers life, and is no spwing chick be out there diggin' and plantin' yesfurday. So mommy offewed up a little advice 'bout maybe waitin' till May to plant. And she sed she knew 'bout da fureeze, she lost evewyfin' but pears evewy year. Well then all we can say is quit complainin' 'bout not havin' any munny.
Lexi Update: Our wegular VET called and it wusn't a purrleasant call but hims purrscwibed da Clavimox fur Lexi wiff a wecheck uwinalysis in a kupple weeks once she's finshed wiff da antibiotics. Da udder VET finally called too. They sed they didn't wanna tweat hers infection at this time and wuld just do a wepeat uwinalysis in a kuplle weeks along wiff new blood tests. No, weez nevew goin' back there. And now dat weez fwu, mommy's gunna be weportin' them.
So weez not gunna be plantin' up anyfin' anytime soon. Not dat mommy had planned on plantin' up a gawden this year anyways. We hav way too much wildlife to enjoy da spoils of all da work. But hey, dat leaves lots mowe time fur stwolls unnew da sun.
Till da next time…………………………………Be Blest!!!
Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses
Dezi and Lexi
Posted on March 31, 2015, in Just Fur Fun and tagged Cats, Dezi, Gardening, iPad Air, Lexi, Mirrored Lexi, Updates. Bookmark the permalink. 29 Comments.
We love both pics Mommy did of you Dezi and Lexi! We really hope and pray that all will clear up quickly and completely with Lexi. Hope your weather is nice this week for you and maybe you can get out with the stroller.
xoxo Clooney & Neytiri
I am so glad Lexi got her medicine for the infection. I would be reporting the other vet too. I can't understand why they wouldn't treat an infection.
As for gardens, I don't really get to do that much any more. I have never planted an eating garden but would love some flowers. I just don't have the energy to that though. I'm going to be doing good if I get the yard cleaned up from winter. I never raked the leaves before it got too cold so still have dead leaves to get up. It may take me all summer to get that done. LOL!!!
I love the pictures. I think they came out pretty good.
Love you all so very much. Hugs and kisses.
There's no way we could keep up with an A to Z blog hop, partly because Mom planted lots of things this year that she's trying to grow. We have at least 9 tomato plants, lots of lettuce, spinach, sweet peppers, basil, broccoli, strawberries, raspberries, and 6 new blueberry bushes that still need to be planted . Something devoured the cantaloupe seedlings, so mom doesn't' have to worry about those anymore!
That's a crazy picture of you.


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Honda revealed its 2012 Geneva Motor Show line-up with 2 Sports Car Concepts, a prototype of the European CR-V as well as the debut of the all-new 1.6 Diesel engine all appearing on the Honda stand.
Honda NSX Concept
The stunning Honda NSX Concept will make its European debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Highlighting the design and technology direction for Honda's next generation supercar, the NSX Concept features a V6 mid-mounted engine and will employ a range of new technologies including the innovative Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® (Super Handling All Wheel Drive™) hybrid system. It is expected to go on sale within the next three years.
Further underlining Honda's aim of developing sporty, exciting products, the Honda EV-STER will also make its European debut at the show. The EV-STER, an electric rear wheel drive two-seater open sports car, features dynamic and innovative styling and excellent environmental performance.
European CR-V Prototype
Honda will also present the European CR-V Prototype, a preview model highlighting the exterior styling direction of the all-new fourth generation European Honda CR-V, which is set to go on sale in Autumn 2012. Compared to the previous generation, the model takes on a more aggressive stance with deeper sculpting of the body lines and a bolder front fascia. The lower front bumper wraps smartly upward to convey SUV capability, while the lower front bumper design now integrates more smoothly into the fascia for improved aerodynamics.
New Jazz Models for Europe
Two new Jazz derivatives will also be displayed for the first time. The Jazz Si, on sale from Summer 2012, features an upgraded sporty suspension package and styling changes to the interior and the exterior.
The Jazz 1.2, now with Idle Stop, delivers a reduction in CO2 emissions of 3g/km compared to the standard 1.2 model.


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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Wordless Wednesday - Tidings of Great Joy
Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)
"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."
Merry Christmas to you from our family at Brimful Curiosities. (Angel painting by my preschool daughter.)
Find more of this week's Wordless Wednesday posts at 5 Minutes for Mom.
Posted by Brimful Curiosities at 5:00 AM
Labels: Wordless Wednesday
9 comments:
- jen@odbt said...
What a great treasure to have. I love to save all my kids' crafts and post them around the holidays. Merry Christmas!
- December 24, 2008 at 8:16 AM
- Beth @ TheAngelForever said...
Gorgeous angel painting by your daughter! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
- December 24, 2008 at 8:42 AM
- Felicia said...
Love the art work!
- December 24, 2008 at 8:45 AM
- Susie said...
That's gorgeous!!! Merry Christmas:-) Good luck dealing with the now!
- December 24, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- 4 Lettre Words said...
Preschool art is the best!! Merry Christmas and thank you for stopping by today!
- December 24, 2008 at 9:17 AM
- Secret Mom Thoughts said...
What a lovely painting!
- December 24, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Unknown said...
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
- December 24, 2008 at 6:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
I wanted to stop in and wish you along with your family a Merry Christmas! :)
- December 25, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- Karen said...
Its a lovely angel. I was just checking out your profile and noticed we live in the same state. Howdy neighbor!
- December 26, 2008 at 11:41 PM
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